File No. 861.00/3261
The Consul at Vladivostok (Caldwell) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Vladivostok, November 23, 1918, 4 p.m.
[Received 10 p.m.]
[Received 10 p.m.]
291. General Semenov now at Chita refuses to acknowledge Admiral Kolchak’s authority as dictator and is reported to have declared himself a dictator. He has cut telegraph so we have now no communication beyond Chita.
Caldwell